Punjabi rapper Honey Singh courts row over lewd lyrics

Chandigarh: Popular Punjabi rapper Honey Singh has again courted a controversy for lewd lyrics in his new song “Makhna”.

Taking a suo moto cognizance, Punjab State Women Commission Chairperson Manisha Gulati said she has written to the Director General of Police to register a criminal case against the singer for using lyrics like “Mein hoon womaniser (I am a womaniser)”.

“A legal action and an inquiry is required to be initiated by the police on the matter as the song readied by T-series chairman Bhushan Kumar and singers Honey Singh and Neha Kakkar uses vulgar words against women,” she said in a communique.

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She said the Commission has sought status report from the police officials by July 12 in this regard.

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